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Just to be pedantic, Cygwin's rxvt isn't an ssh client. Cygwin's ssh client is OpenSSH, from the OpenBSD project.
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Steven MondayOct 15 '10 at 1:00

not pedantic at all, i welcome the correction, thanks.
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Aaron F.Nov 18 '10 at 22:30

I know you already accepted an answer, but I hate Putty and there IS another tool out there for Windows users. A lot of people say Putty is the best - probably because it's the only tool they know about for Windows clients. I thought it was the only option as well until I found Poderosa.

It offers multiple panes/sessions per window, multiple tabs, simple font/color customizations, background images/colors - and probably a few more things I haven't found yet.

It's the only tool I use now for telnet/ssh/console(serial) terminal shell sessions. It might be what you're looking for.

mRemote is an Open-Source 'connection management' app. (It has since been sold to another company, but the source is still available.) In addition to PuTTy sessions (you need to have it installed), it'll also manage RDP v6, VNC, HTTP and so on.

Development has stopped on mRemote and moved to the new product, but it's fine at the final release, v1.50

I use the ssh client in Cygwin's port of the OpenSSH package all the time in Windows XP. The thing I like most about it is that it works pretty much exactly the same way as the ssh on every UNIX and Linux, in terms of capabilities, command-line options, and config files. This means you can cruise the UNIX and Linux forums for help and hints, and their suggestions will almost always apply to the Cygwin client.